• Bring your perfect blend of strategic thinking, project execution and love of ambiguity to this role
• Work in partnership with governments, corporates, foundations, and researchers to accelerate innovation, entrepreneurship and growth in pursuit of our Indigenous partners development agendas.
• Work from anywhere, with semi-regular travel to our regions and our central office in Sydney CBD as required
• Indigenous Australians and friends of Jawun warmly encouraged to apply.

Who is Jawun?

Jawun is a not-for-profit organisation that leverages the capabilities of corporate, government and philanthropic Australia to support Indigenous-led development. Guided by the strategies of Indigenous leaders and organisations, Jawun works to build the capacity of Indigenous organisations to drive positive social impact at community-level.

Jawun began facilitating partnerships between corporate and Indigenous Australia in Cape York in 2001.

The Jawun model is transferable and today we work with remote communities in Cape York Peninsula (QLD), the Pilbara, East and West Kimberley (WA), Central Australia (NT, WA, SA) and Northeast Arnhem Land (NT), regional communities of Goulburn-Murray (VIC), Central Coast (NSW), Lower River Murray (LRM) and Far West Coast (FWC), the urban communities of Inner Sydney (NSW) and South West Australia (WA).

Jawun draws upon the best and brightest secondee resources from over 30 corporate and government partners in pursuit of Indigenous led change. Our current partners can be found here.

How you will contribute:

The Changemaking Director will work at the intersection of research, policy and project implementation, working in partnership with governments, corporates, foundations, and researchers to test different approaches to accelerate innovation, entrepreneurship and growth, alongside, and in pursuit of our Indigenous partners development agendas.

In addition to the delivery of applied research and innovation projects, the role supports our field team to use data effectively and build new capabilities.

Core to your role will be the following:

• Project development and implementation: design and deliver (start to finish) high-impact projects that align with the strategic goals of Indigenous partners and corporate/government allies.
• Make change happen: Find opportunities that align with Indigenous partner goals; write proposals for new projects; influencing the right stakeholders; and have the persistence to ensure these opportunities happen. Implementing effective change management principles as you do so.
• Strategic insights, data analysis and reporting: Extract, analyse, and interpret internal and external data to identify trends and insights. Prepare compelling reports that communicate stakeholders. Contribute to Jawun’s long-term strategic planning and program evaluation frameworks, ensuring alignment with Indigenous leaders’ strategies.
• Relationships: Build and maintain relationships across the network and facilitate partnerships.

As the successful candidate you will have:

• A variety of exceptional communication skills. You can draft strong reports, build slick slide decks and explain complex topics in simple terms. You can lead workshops and presentations and write clearly and concisely.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity, understand the realities of ‘blue sky’ roles. You can kick off work without knowing the end game and are excited by the ‘art of the possible’.
• You can demonstrate through your previous work experience the specific impact of your tenacity, patience and pragmatism.
• You listen to understand and can influence through your appreciation of mutual, shifting and sometimes conflicting stakeholder goals. Your work experience will show the impact you have made through your strong relationships.
• Scoping projects and winning work. You have experience generating business or spotting opportunities and understand how to turn these into tangible outcomes.
• You have worked in the field and in the office and are likely to have had several years’ in program development and delivery, behavioural science or other ‘systems change’ roles. Your roles have been execution focussed as much as they have been design focussed. If this work has been in Indigenous affairs it would be a distinct advantage.
• A tertiary qualification may add credibility to your application but is not essential.

Is this your next step?

Please submit your resume including a short cover note summarising why you are interested in, and how you are suitable for, the role.

Indigenous Australians and friends of Jawun are warmly encouraged to apply.

For further information please contact Jane at [email protected] using the subject line: Program Changemaking Director enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Jawun is not able to work with recruitment agencies on this role.

Please don’t delay your application if this is your ideal role.